SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Two Syracuse men hired to prevent crime have now admitted to fueling it.
Ahmed Abdi and Cassieum Pitts — both outreach workers for Syracuse SNUG, a state-funded anti-violence initiative — have accepted plea deals in a drug case that rocked the program last year.
Ahmed Abdi will spend six years behind bars. Cassieum Pitts will serve nine years…